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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: Murer in a Yorkshire Village by Helena DixonIt’s that time of year when it feels like the world and their wife are all in Harrogate for the Theakston’s Old Peculiar crime writing festival. All the while, I’m at home, curled up on the sofa reading cosy mysteries. The 24th adventure from Helena Dixon’s historical crime series sees…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: The Cotswold Manor Mystery by Maxine BarryIf you’re looking for a quick, cosy mystery with yearning second-chance romance, Joffe Books reissues of Maxine Barry’s novels will hit the spot. The novel opens with Oriana Foster released from prison after a lengthy spell incarcerated, and she makes her way back to her home village, where she knows…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: The Beasts of the Black Loch by Gay MarrisGay Marris’ 1970s murder mystery novel is out now, and it’s a book that will stay with me for some time. Dr Ava Dickens heads to the Scottish Highlands to support her god son, who has inherited a large estate after the death of his parents in an accident. Both…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: No Saints, Only Killers by Luke DeckardIt’s 1922, the Great War has been over for 4 years, and former sniper Logan Bishop has left the mean streets of Chicago for London. Having worked as a Pinkerton Detective, he’s now a Private Investigator with a morphine addiction. A message from his estranged preacher father, out of the…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: Error 404 by Richard FerrerA book about an existential crisis has no right to be this funny. Preparing for his Bar Mitzvah, a young Chris Decker starts to have big doubts about God and religion in general. Years later, as a scientist, he asks the most powerful computer available the question, and gets the…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: Of Devotion and Death by Anastasia HastingsI’ve jumped in to this gorgeous historical mystery series at book 3, and although I enjoyed this as as standalone, it did make me want more – which is fabulous as there are two previous books go go back and devour! Violet Manville writes an advice column under the name…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: Ales & Alibis by Tobi DoyleIf you’re looking for a fun, cosy read, with a mix of mystery and paranormal, Tobi Doyle’s Pour Decisions series is the perfect cocktail for you. Wanda Atkins comes from a long line of women with a talent for the uncanny, and an inability to keep men. Some believe they’re…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR – Crime In The Gym by Catherine MoloneyThis is my first tour for Zooloo’s Book Tours, and I was excited to join the tour for this British mystery novel from Catherine Moloney. The novel is a twisty police procedural with light, humorous moments to avoid the crimes being too dark and heavy, and it’s a thoroughly enjoyable…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR – The Campervan Detectives by Maeve HaranSadie Sutton is running away. After finding out her husband is cheating, she packs up and uses her savings to buy a VW Camper Van and heads off to the coast, to the town of her childhood. But things get complicated when she stumbles upon a body… and it’s that…
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Continue reading →: REVIEW: The Chocolatier’s Curse by Christopher SetoWe’re having a heatwave at the moment in the UK, and I bought a bag of chocolate buttons, and left them on the kitchen worktop. When I finally got round to eating them, it was basically one big chocolate button. And on the subject of cursed chocolate… Graduate criminology student…
